Poor Man's Fruit Cake

Name: Poor Man's Fruit Cake
Ingredients: one-half pound of brown sugar; three-quarters of a pound of lard; four eggs; one and one-half pints molasses; one pint sour milk; one ounce soda; three to three and one-half pounds flour; two pounds currants; two pounds raisins; one-half pound sliced citron; two pounds of finely sliced apples

From Perfection in baking, 1895

Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Perfection in baking (1895) by Emil Braun, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Poor Man*s Fruit Cake. Rub together one-half pound of brown sugar and three-quarters of a pound of lard; add four eggs, then one and one-half pints molasses, one pint sour milk, one ounce soda, three to three and one- half pounds flour, two pounds currants, two pounds raisins, one-half pound sliced citron and two pounds of finely sliced apples

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